Marguerite de Navarre

E172935

Marguerite de Navarre was a 16th-century French queen, writer, and patron of humanists whose influential literary and intellectual work helped shape the French Renaissance.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French Renaissance figure
Renaissance humanist
human
patron of humanists
patron of the arts
playwright
poet
queen consort
writer
alsoKnownAs Marguerite de Valois
linked to: Margaret of Valois

Marguerite d’Angoulême
Marguerite of Navarre
associatedWith French Renaissance
birthDate 1492-04-11
birthPlace Angoulême
Kingdom of France
child Jeanne d’Albret
countryOfCitizenship France
deathDate 1549-12-21
deathPlace Kingdom of France
Odos
near Tarbes
era 16th century
father Charles, Count of Angoulême
fullName Marguerite de Navarre
gender female
genre moral tale
poetry
religious literature
short story
grandchild Henry IV of France
influenced French Renaissance literature
influencedBy Erasmus of Rotterdam
linked to: Desiderius Erasmus

Italian Renaissance humanism
knownFor hosting an influential intellectual court at Nérac
shaping French Renaissance literature
supporting religious reformers
languageOfWorkOrName French
mother Louise of Savoy
movement Renaissance humanism
nobleFamily House of Valois
notableRelative Francis I of France
notableWork Heptaméron
La Comédie de Mont-de-Marsan
Le Miroir de l’âme pécheresse
L’Heptaméron des nouvelles
linked to: Heptaméron
patronOf Reform-minded theologians
humanists
positionHeld Duchess of Alençon
Queen consort of Navarre
reignEnd 1549
reignStart 1527
religion Roman Catholicism
residence French court
Navarre
sibling Francis I of France
spouse Charles IV, Duke of Alençon
Henry II of Navarre

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

French Renaissance notableFigure Marguerite de Navarre
Jeanne d’Albret mother Marguerite de Navarre
Jeanne d’Albret relative Marguerite de Navarre
Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples patron Marguerite de Navarre
Lescar Cathedral burialPlaceOf Marguerite de Navarre
Marguerite de Navarre fullName Marguerite de Navarre
Jean Clouet notableWork Portrait of an Unknown Woman (often identified as Marguerite de Navarre)
linked to: Marguerite de Navarre
French Reformation hasKeyFigure Marguerite de Navarre
Clément Marot employer Marguerite de Navarre
Meaux Circle supportedBy Marguerite de Navarre